2008 was a busy year for BMMP. Credit union related projects included 100th anniversary videos for America’s Credit Union Museum and for the nation’s very first credit union, St. Mary’s Bank Credit Union. For the Museum’s 31-minute documentary, BMMP interviewed 22 people within the Credit Union Movement and hired Academy …
Green Media Newsletter: Readying Your Business for New Legislation
We’ve been writing for a year now about sustainability, the economy and business – your business. We’ve written that sustainability is a business opportunity. More than a “fad,” it’s a global movement and a politically mandated perspective. We’ve urged you to commit to moving your department, division, company and to …
What Does Obama's Cabinet Have in Store for Alternative Energy?
As the Obama inauguration nears and his cabinet picks are made public, the impact of his presidency on the alternative energy sector is becoming more tangible. During the campaign, we heard plenty on Barack Obama’s views on environmental regulation, climate change and alternative energy. But what about the people who …
A Libertarian view that is half-right and uses ShadowStats as we do at Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators
George Orwell wrote his legendary novel 1984 just after World War II. It is renowned for its portrayal of government’s encroachment on the rights of the individual. It was Orwell’s warning against totalitarianism, specifically Stalin’s Soviet Union. Pervasive thought control and surveillance of citizens is prominent throughout the novel. After …
Responsible Investors are Calling for Systemic Reform
by Timothy Jack Nash January 14, 2009 – New York City Institutional investors spoke passionately about the need for deep reform of financial systems this week at the 3rd Annual Forum on Responsible Investing. The event took place January 12-13, 2009 at the Union League Club in New York City, …
Building Responsible Property Portfolios, UNEPFI and PRI, 2008
This report helps Principles of Responsible Investing signatories understand how they can apply the Principles to property assets through what some call responsible property investing (RPI) by highlighting the work of leading practitioners. Download PDF.
PNN News Update 23: January 14, 2009
How You Can Start a Farm in Heart of the City Imagine sitting down to a salad of peppery arugula and heirloom tomatoes that you grew yourself. Or a Sunday omelet of eggs laid that morning, served with a thick slice of fresh sourdough, butter and apricot jam — all …
ToYou from NewEnergyNews: January 13, 2009
TODAY’S HEADLINES: CAN CHINA GO CALIFORNIA EFFICIENT? MORE NEWS, 1-13 (3 MORE WIND FARMS, 500+ MEGAWATTS; COAL—STICK A PIN IN, SEE IF IT’S DONE; BIG $ TO SOLYNDRA SOLAR BREAKTHROUGH; NEW ENERGY TV) YESTERDAY: SOLAR & WIND CALL FOR INCENTIVE FIX MORE NEWS, 1-12 (COAL IS THE ISSUE; CITIES FUND …
The Prospering Swedes: JOHNSTON'S TAKE, Tax Notes, Sept. 15, 2008
David Cay Johnston won a Pulitzer Prize for his innovative coverage of our tax system in The New York Times and is the author of two best-selling books on our tax system, Perfectly Legal and Free Lunch. The streets of the Swedish capital are thick with traffic as people move …
ToYou from NewEnergyNews: January 12, 2009
TODAY’S HEADLINES: SOLAR & WIND CALL FOR INCENTIVE FIX MORE NEWS, 1-12 (COAL IS THE ISSUE; CITIES FUND NEW ENERGY CREATIVELY; WILL NEW ENERGY GET PAST CONGRESS?; TOYOTA TO GO ELECTRIC IN 2012) SUNDAY WORLD: RUSSIAN GAS GIVES EU HEARTBURN MORE SUNDAY WORLD, 1-11 (PORTUGAL STARTS UP SOLAR POWER PLANT; …